chanja

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chanja (infinitive kuchanja)

  1. to make a cut or incision; chop (e.g. firewood)
  2. (medicine) to vaccinate, inject

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chanja
Positive present -nachanja
Subjunctive -chanje
Negative -chanji
Imperative singular chanja
Infinitives
Positive kuchanja
Negative kutochanja
Imperatives
Singular chanja
Plural chanjeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchanja
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichanja
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchanja
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachanja)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachanja/nachanja tunachanja
2nd person unachanja mnachanja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachanja wanachanja
other classes positive subject concord + -nachanja
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chanji)
Singular Plural
1st person sichanji hatuchanji
2nd person huchanji hamchanji
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachanji hawachanji
other classes negative subject concord + -chanji
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachanja
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachanja
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chanje)
Singular Plural
1st person nichanje tuchanje
2nd person uchanje mchanje
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achanje wachanje
other classes positive subject concord + -chanje
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichanje
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechanja
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechanja
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichanja
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichanja
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achanja)
Singular Plural
1st person nachanja twachanja
2nd person wachanja mwachanja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achanja wachanja
m-mi(III/IV) wachanja yachanja
ji-ma(V/VI) lachanja yachanja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachanja vyachanja
n(IX/X) yachanja zachanja
u(XI) wachanja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachanja
pa(XVI) pachanja
mu(XVIII) mwachanja
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechanja
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachanja
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachanja
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichanja
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochanja
Consecutive kachanja / positive subject concord + -kachanja
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachanje
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichanja -tuchanja
2nd person -kuchanja -wachanja/-kuchanjeni/-wachanjeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchanja -wachanja
m-mi(III/IV) -uchanja -ichanja
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichanja -yachanja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichanja -vichanja
n(IX/X) -ichanja -zichanja
u(XI) -uchanja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchanja
pa(XVI) -pachanja
mu(XVIII) -muchanja
Reflexive -jichanja
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chanja- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chanjaye -chanjao
m-mi(III/IV) -chanjao -chanjayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chanjalo -chanjayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chanjacho -chanjavyo
n(IX/X) -chanjayo -chanjazo
u(XI) -chanjao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chanjako
pa(XVI) -chanjapo
mu(XVIII) -chanjamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chanja)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechanja -ochanja
m-mi(III/IV) -ochanja -yochanja
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochanja -yochanja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochanja -vyochanja
n(IX/X) -yochanja -zochanja
u(XI) -ochanja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochanja
pa(XVI) -pochanja
mu(XVIII) -mochanja
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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